Backing up can be one of the most confusing and intimidating things about hauling a horse trailer. Even though I grew up on a farm driving tractors and trailers, I never got the hang of backing a trailer without help. That came back to bite me as an adult with my own horse trailer. It was my first horse trailer, a little old two-horse straight load, and my father in law's pickup. I was driving alone on the way to meet friends at a horse camp on a hot day in the middle of summer. I had co...

With stay at home orders in Indiana lifting, it’s time to hit some trails, while maintaining proper social distance, of course. My family and I were able to take our first long ride of 2020 over Memorial Day weekend. We rode for about 7 hours at the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area. For my Quarter Horse, Colonels Doc San Bar (Dusty) and I, it’s not uncommon to ride 8 or more hours in a day, three days straight, during peak trail riding season. Here are four things I’ve ...